Roman Protasevich appears to have a broken nose and signs of make-up to cover injuries, claims his father.

Belarusian state television broadcast a 30-second video of Protasevich, who had been living between Lithuania and Poland, confirming that he was in prison in Minsk and "confessing" to charges of organising mass unrest.

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